" We'll be having one to two people in the pod. They'll be spending three months in the actual space, and they'll just have a normal daily rhythm. They'll go to college, come back again. We'll be tracking them and then we'll trace them with another set of people. And over the four years we'll probably be tracking around 300 people."

The project is a collaboration between Oxford University and glass engineering firm Cantifix.

And it features specialist lighting from Philips which simulates daylight after the sun goes down.

"This will completely change the lighting landscape. So that's the aim of this research. But also the aim of Philips. I mean the 24/7 economy will not change. We will not change the fact that more and more people live in cities. What we can do is influence their well-being. And if we can help with that by creating the right lighting scenes. Then that is very good."

(SOUNDBITE) (English) REUTERS REPORTER, CIARA SUTTON, SAYING:

"With signs of winter creeping in we're already feeling the affects of shorter days and less light. And the creators of this structure hope that their results will help revolutionize both architectural and lighting industries."

Researchers have already found that more daylight improves the productivity of schoolchildren.